Ironing board stand attachment



Nov. 6, 1951 1A, SCHLAGS 2,574,194

IRONING BOARD STAND ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 27, 1948 JNVENTOR. SELIG A. SCHLAGS Patented Nov. 6, 1 95l Selig A. Schlags, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application November 27, 1948, Serial No. 62,359

4 Claims. (Cl. 38-125) The subject of the present invention is a novel and valuable device for preventing soiling the end of the ironing board cover, by permanent attachment of the device to an ironing board so as to be swingably mounted on the underside of I the latter, whereby said device may at will be readily arranged in any one of a plurality of different dispositions relative to the board. In one of such dispositions of the new device, it provides at one end of the board, as at the butt end thereof, a footing means projected beyond that end of the board, so that said means will rest on the floor and thus protectively elevate the entirety of the board as well as all of its folding understructure if the ironing board be one of the almost universally now preferred collapsible type. In another of said dispositions of the new device, it may depend vertically below the end of the board at which it is carried, for then serving as a conveniently placed hanger for a cloth to be dampened for use in the ironing work; and, moreover, with'the very important aim achieved that no part of said footing means may be protruded in such manner that accidental injurious contact therewith by a part of the person of the ironer is not possible.

A feature of the invention is that the new device may be embodied in a variety of practical forms thereof; with each, however, of exceedingly simple and inexpensive yet rugged construction, and 'with each, nevertheless, capable of being easily and quickly properly attached to an ironing board of any kind and then for always reliably functioning exactly for the purpose at any time desired.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

--Fig. l is an elevational view showing'the un-' derside of an ironing board of the kind having a folding understructure, the latter being shown conventionally and in collapsed condition; and with the butt end of said board equipped with one now favored embodiment of the inventionthe ironing board being here shown in upright position but now protectively elevated above a supporting floor by wa -of the footing means-already mentioned. Y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view, showing theparts seen near the bottomof Fig. land as there arranged; I

a Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. 2, but showing one possible modification.

Fig. 4 is also a View like another modification.

Fig. 5 is a bottom perspective view, showing the application of the device. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view, looking at the underside of an upright ironing board as in Fig. 1, but showing still another of the many possible forms which an embodiment of the invention may assume.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, and first to Figs. 1 and 2, I0 designates an ironing board and II a conventional folding understructure.

The new attachment as here shown, and as a whole marked I2, comprises an attachment plate I3, on which is swingably mounted an elongated member I4 of U-shaped configuration shown as made of a single length of a suitable material, as round rod metal stock, and formed into the shape illustrated, thereby to include a pair of legs for constituting at their free ends the footing means aforesaid. Said member I4 has a straight pintlelike central portion joining the root ends of said legs, and at said pintle portion the member I4 is swingably mounted on the plate I3 at a strap or loop portion I5 of the latter struck out integrally therefrom. The free extremities of the member I4 are provided with rubber caps I2 to prevent the ironing board from slipping on the floor and from scratching the floor covering, rug or the floor.

The plate I3 is so placed at the underside of the board II! that when the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the end portions of the legs of the member I4 suitably project be yond .an end of the board, as beyond the butt end I6 thereof. For holding the member I4 in thisdisposition, a swing latch lever I1 is suitably'pivotally mounted on the plate I 3, as by way of the single rivet indicated at I8. Suitably secured across the member I4 and to the two legs thereof intermediate the ends of the latter, is a bar I9 desirably of standard strip metal stock as indicated. This bar acts as a friction affording keeper for the swing latch '11 when swung to the position shown; said swing latch being desirably twice laterally bent as illustrated; An ironing board is ordinarily if not always of wood; and for securely permanently attaching the device thereto, the plate I3 may be apertured forbeingsecured in place by a suit Fig. 2, but showing able pluralityof screws, asindicatedatjfl.

- which are applied reference numerals with primesadded correspond, respectively; to the parts to which in Figs. 1 and 2 are applied reference numerals without primes, it will be noted that the structure proposed is very much like that of Figs. 1 and 2; with the exception that the pivotal mounting I5 for the member 14 is made as a piece separate from the plate l3, such piece being a short length of standard strip metal stock transversely bent to provide a central portion C-shaped in cross-section and also to Provide terminal portions in the shape of parallelly extended end flanges. By way of said flanges the piece i5 may be suitably attached to the plate l3, as by spot or shot welding at such locations as indicated by the several small :rs shown.

Referring to Figs. 4-6, wherein, in connection with the modification there illustrated, the parts to which are applied reference numerals with double primes added correspond, respectively, to the parts to which in Figs. 1 and 2 are applied reference numerals without primes, it will be noted that the structure here proposed in one respect resembles the structure of Fig. 3 in that the pivotal mounting i5" for the member I4 is a separate piece. However, said piece I5" is shown as secured at its end flanges to the plate 13" by riveting. The member I4" is in this case shaped differently from the members l4 and I4. Said member I4", which may be bent from a standard round rod metal stock, is illustrated as being in the shape of almost a closed 0, but an O fairly widely straight and horizontal along its bottom and with upwardly converged sides, and with the tops of these sides prolonged by inwardly mutually facing parallelly ofiset terminal portions of the length of round rod stock employed. Said terminal portions combine to constitute the pintle-like component of the member l3", while the outer wide end of the latter constitutes the footing means aforesaid. Said wide end of the member l3", when the ironing board is erected and said member depends vertically, may be used as the hanger for a damp cloth or the like in lieu of employing for such use the bar IS. The swing latch I1" is shown to be secured to the plate I3" by a flat head rivet which is swivelly arranged between the counter-sunk or dimpled portion of the plate I 3" and the bottom of the ironing board Hi" so that the rivet i8" may be inserted in position through the back of the plate l3 and permit free rotation of the swing latch I1".

Referring to the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, the parts here marked l0, Il HI and Hi correspond, respectively, to the parts of Figs. 1 and 2 marked I0, II, l4 and I 6. Here the member H, which, also, may be bent from a standard round rod metal stock, is shaped as illustrated to include a central straight portion 2|, a pairof adjoining leg portions 22 extended divergingl-y from said straight portion, and fairly short termi n a1 portions 23 paralielly outwardly .pfiset from the ends of the legs remote from said central straight portion 2|. Said round rod metal stock may be of some resiliency, and then the member l4- may be shaped to bias its leg portions toward a spread greater than that illustrated in the drawing, whereby, at apertured fitments 24 suitably carried by the board, said terminal portions 23 of the member 14" may be snapped into swingable attachment to the underside of the board. Said fltments 24 may be specially supplied ones, or may be constituted by the familiar blocks or the like attached to the board for facilitating pivotal attachment thereto of elements of the folding understructure li In the latter case, an ordinary hand drill could be used at said fitments, to provide the apertures therein for the terminal portions 23 of the member H A latch means is not shown in connection with the modification now being described, but, as will 'be understood, such a latch means may be added. However, the pivotal connections between the terminal portions 23 of the member I4 and the fitments 24 could include apertures in the latter of such cross-section that said member [4' would dependably remain in its position indicated in dot and dash lines at H after being thus disposed and while acting to present the protective footing means of the invention. The member l4 as shown in full lines, is in a disposition substantially removed from its said position M The position to which the member i4 could be swung, so as to depend vertically from the underside of the ironing board while in use, is indicated in dot and dash lines at It is to be understood that without this ironing board attachment, the user must stand the ironing board on the floor to open 0r close, and in so doing, the end of the ironing cover gets soiled. When a person places wearing apparel around the soiled cover, the apparel picks up any particles of dirt around it. Also, when ironing has been completed and the ironing board is to be stored away for future use, the ironing board does not have to stand on the floor, but instead rests on the attachment and in this way tends to keep the end of the cover clean.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A, device of the class describedcomprising a plate for attachment to the underside of an ironing board slightly inward of the butt end thereof, an elongated member pivotally attached at one end to said plate, said elongated member being of a length greater than the distance between the point of pivotal attachment of the said one end of said elongated member and the butt end of the ironing board so that the free end of said member will project beyond the butt end of the ironing board with said elongated member pivoted to a position extended parallel to the length of said board, and means on said plate and engaging said elongated member for retaining said elongated member in a position with its length extended parallel to the ironing board, said elongated member being of U-shape, and a strap struck from said plateforming a passageway through which the intermediate arm of said U-shaped elongated member passes forming the pivotal attachment of said member on said plate.

2. A device or the class QGSCI'lDGd, comprising a plate for attachment to the underside or an ironing board slightly inward oi the butt end thereof, an elongated member pivotally attached at one end to said plate, said elongated member being of a length greater than the distance between the point of pivotal attachment of the said one end of said elongated member and the butt end of the ironing board so that the free end of said member will project beyond the butt end of the ironing board with said elongated member pivoted to a position extended parallel to the length of said board, and means on said plate and engaging said elongated member for retaining said elongated member in a position with its length extended parallel to the ironing board, said elongated member being of U-shape, and a strap struck from said plate forming a passageway through which the intermediate arm of said U-'-shaped elongated member passes forming the pivotal attachment of said member on said plate, and protective caps engaged over the free ends of the side arms of said U-shaped elongated member.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a plate for atachment to the underside of an ironing board slightly inward of the butt end thereof, an elongated member pivotally attached at one end to said plate, said elongated member being of a length greater than the distance between the point of pivotal attachment of the said one end of said elongated member and the butt end of the ironing board so that the free end of said member will project beyond the butt end of the ironing board with said elongated member pivoted to a position extended parallel to the length of said board, and means on said plate and engaging said elongated member for retaining said elongated member in a position with its length extended parallel to the ironing board, said elongated member being of U-shape, and a strap struck from said plate forming a passageway through which the intermediate arm of said U-shaped elongated member passes forming the pivotal attachment of said member on said plate, and a bar mounted across the side arms of said U-shaped elongated member intermediate of 6 their ends, so constructed and arranged that with the ironing board in use in a horizontal position said elongated member will be depended therefrom so that said bar can be used as a hanger 101- a pressing cloth.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a plate for attachment to the underside of an ironing board slightly inward of the butt end thereof, an elongated member pivotally attached at one end to said plate, said elongated member being of a length greater than the distance between the point of pivotal attachment of the said one end of said elongated member and the butt end of the ironing board so that the free end of said member will project beyond the butt end of the ironing board with said elongated member pivoted to a position extended parallel to the length of said board, and means on said plate and engaging said elongated member for retaining said elongated member in a position with its length extended parallel to the ironing board, said elongated member being of U-shape, and a strap struck from said plate forming a passageway through which the intermediate arm of said U-shaped elongated member passes forming the pivotal attachment of said member on said plate, and a bar mounted across the side arms of said U -shaped elongated member intermediate of their ends, so constructed and arranged that with the ironing board in use in a horizontal position said elongated member will be depended therefrom so that said bar can be used as a hanger for a pressing cloth, said retaining means comprising a latch lever pivotally attached at one end to said plate and being of a length to have its other end overlie said bar when said elongated member is extended parallel to the length of the ironing board.

SELIG A. SCHLAGS.

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